WONDER TALES OF THE FOREST 119

flock of wild geese, and stay by the great lake On this side of the mountain. Puloweoh will never think of finding us there.”

So they went along the path by the ocean be- yond the forest, and when the first sorcerer came to the place in the cliff where he was to hide, he stopped. Then the second sorcerer came to his hiding place, and he stopped there. After a long time the others reached the great lake near the mountain, and those who were to transform themselves into wild geese halted there. There were but two of the wicked people left—the old Woman sorcerer, and the one who would go into the far country—and these went on their way to their hiding places.

When Pulowech returned to his lodge, it was quiet and empty. There was no beautiful sea maiden waiting for him. The fire had died out long ago, and the Wigwam was cheerless and dark. Where could the sea maiden be?

Pulowech feared that the sorcerers of the forest might have killed her; and he knew that he could not attack them and destroy them, unless his magical power was greater than theirs. He also knew that he must be calm and quiet, and have no anger or haste, or he could not summon his magical power to help him. He would be powerless. So he took a small wooden bowl, and filled it half full of water,